縝

縝

See also: 缜

縝 U+7E1D, 縝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E1D ← 縜 [U+7E1C] CJK Unified Ideographs 縞 → [U+7E1E]

Translingual

Han character

縝 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火十月金 (VFJBC), four-corner 2498₁, composition ⿰糹真(GT) or ⿰糸眞(JK))

1. detailed, fine
2. closely woven

References

• KangXi: page 934, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27775
• Dae Jaweon: page 1372, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3435, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7E1D

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Chinese

trad.		縝
simp.		缜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (真) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛	*tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇	*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	*tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	*tʰiːns, *tins
填	*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴	*diːn, *diːns
闐	*diːn, *diːns
磌	*diːn, *tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	*diːn, *tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	*tin, *tins
縝	*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can², zan²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zen²
• Min Dong (BUC): cīng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziêng² / ziang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³
    • Yale: jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: can², zan²
    • Yale: chán, ján
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan², dzan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen², zen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³⁵/, /t͡sɐn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zen²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sən¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín
    • Tâi-lô: tsín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziêng² / ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiéng / tsiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁵²/, /t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Note:

• ziêng2 - Chaozhou;
• ziang2 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰˠiɪn/, /t͡ɕʰiɪn/, /t͡ɕiɪn^X/, /t͡ɕiɪn^X/

Rime
Character	縝	縝	縝	縝
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	昌 (24)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	丑人切	昌眞切	章忍切	章忍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiɪn/	/t͡ɕʰiɪn/	/t͡ɕiɪnX/	/t͡ɕiɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚin/	/t͡ɕʰin/	/t͡ɕinX/	/t͡ɕinX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰien/	/t͡ɕʰjen/	/t͡ɕjenX/	/t͡ɕjenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjin/	/cʰin/	/cinX/	/cinX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjĕn/	/t͡ɕʰiĕn/	/t͡ɕiĕnX/	/t͡ɕiĕnX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰǐĕn/	/t͡ɕʰĭĕn/	/t͡ɕĭĕnX/	/t͡ɕĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēn	chēn	zhěn	zhěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	can1	can1	zan2	zan2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ti[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰin/, /*ʔljinʔ/, /*tʰjin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ti[n]/
English	dense, fine-textured
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縝	縝	縝
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17067	17073	17081
Phonetic component	眞	眞	眞
Rime group	眞	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤣆	軫	瞋
Old Chinese	/*tʰin/	/*ʔljinʔ/	/*tʰjin/

Definitions

縝

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Compounds

縝密／缜密 (zhěnmì)

縝紛／缜纷

縝緻／缜致

References

• “縝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

縝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin), ちん (chin)
• Kun: あさいと (asaito)

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Korean

Hanja

縝 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin)1. multiply2. Be caring ( 仔詳 -), praise (being meticulous and caring about quality, skill, and behavior)3. It is compact4. It is dense5. conclude6. 홑 clothes (clothes built in one layer)7. Many Castle ( 盛 ) shape8. Samsil (besil, thread extracted from hemp shell)9. Black hair